In the golden autumn of October, Liu Ji, a veteran of the founding of the People's Republic of China who resigned and returned to his hometown at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, was seriously ill and dying. Liu Ji is as famous as Li Shanchang, and he is the leader of the civil official Zhedong Party, and his merits are second only to Li Shanchang. Li Shanchang was crowned the Duke of Korea, and Liu Ji was lowered by two ranks and was named Sincerity Uncle.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Li Shanchang's Huaixi Party and Liu Ji's Zhedong Party fought openly and secretly, Liu Ji was defeated, resigned and returned to his hometown, and the Zhedong Party was also excluded and suppressed, and was fragmented.

Hearing that Liu Ji was critically ill, Emperor Hongwu sighed, people are dying, the unhappiness between the monarchs and ministers in the past is also blurred, the rest is the benefits of Liu Ji, Emperor Hongwu remembered the friendship of the monarch and the ministers, and sent Prime Minister Hu Weiyong to take the imperial doctor and various precious medicinal materials to visit the old minister in Tianxian County, □□Zhejiang, to visit the old minister Sincerity Bo Liu Ji.

As the prime minister, Hu Weiyong was entangled in official affairs, and Emperor Hongwu actually sent him to a rural place like Qingtian to visit an old minister who had been away from politics for a long time. There was an uproar in the DPRK and China, and many ministers praised Corporal Hu Weiyong for his good manners.

In the imperial study, Zhu Di asked his father to say goodbye, and Emperor Hongwu pointed to the recital on the imperial case and said: "You look at the recital first, and throw aside those who praise merit and virtue, and I have to deal with military affairs first." ”

Zhu Di received the order, read it carefully, and when Emperor Hongwu finished reviewing the folds in his hand, he saw that Zhu Di's desk had been piled up with a thick stack, and he flipped through it casually, all of which praised Prime Minister Hu Weiyong.

Emperor Hongwu closed the fold and asked, "Shiro, what do you think of this?" ”

In the past eight years, Zhu Di has learned to look at his father's face, and slowly figured out some experiences, unlike before, he always resisted his father as before, and said: "The emperor's grace is vast, and it is my father's compassion for the old ministers." ”

It's all written by Huaixi Party officials, and they took the opportunity to shoot Hu Weiyong's ass. Zhu Di knew that his father was secretly depressed in his heart, because it was the emperor who sent Hu Weiyong to Qingtian County, and the things he gave were also given by the emperor.

Finally have a sober-minded son. Emperor Hongwu's face was expressionless, looking at the folds selected by Zhu Di, his heart was suddenly unhappy again.

Why? After Hu Weiyong left, the six ministries had no leader, and many major events of the national economy and people's livelihood were put on hold, with no progress, waiting for Hu Weiyong to come back.

Emperor Hongwu secretly said: I am the emperor, can't I call the shots?

Zhu Di secretly watched his father's expression, and his heart finally had an opportunity.

In Yanwangfu, Zhu Di wrote a secret letter with his left hand and handed it to Ma Sanbao, "Order someone to secretly send it to Liu Ji in Qingtian County overnight." ”

Ma Sanbao looked at the blank envelope and asked, "We hide our identities, will Liu Ji really act according to the plan?" ”

Zhu Di said: "Liu Ji's eldest son Liu Lian had a dispute with Hu Weiyong's party last year and unfortunately fell into a well and died. Hu Weiyong shielded his henchmen and said that Liu Lian died in an accident. And Liu Jiren went to tea and cooled, and he couldn't avenge his eldest son. The revenge of killing the son is not shared. Liu Ji will definitely make a last fight with the Huaixi Party, and his Zhedong Party can also make a comeback, he knows what to do. ”

Hu Weiyong took the imperial doctor to Qingtian County, Hu Weiyong is the Huaixi Party, and has been in charge of Xiangyin for many years, a little carried away, seeing the weak and powerless appearance of the former political enemy, he was proud, and his attitude was arrogant and cold.

Especially the Liu family, no one can forget the tragedy of Liu Ji's eldest son Liu Lian dying in the well, in their eyes, Hu Weiyong is the enemy of the Liu family.

Liu Ji is an old minister with the same qualifications as Li Shanchang, and when he played with power, Hu Weiyong was just a nobody behind Li Shanchang. Seeing Hu Weiyong's arrogant and arrogant appearance, Liu Ji sneered in his heart, pretending to be indifferent, dragging his sick body to kneel to receive the holy decree, and talking freely with Hu Weiyong, as if he had let go of all kinds of grievances in the past, what party disputes, and what the pain of losing a child in his later years, he had forgotten it.

The imperial doctor prescribed medicine, and all the medicinal materials were given by the emperor, but after Liu Ji drank the medicine, he became more and more sick, and in less than two days, he actually died.

Emperor Hongwu mourned and ordered the prince Zhu Biao to go to Qingtian County to worship Liu Ji on his behalf, Zhu Biao came back from Qingtian County, entered the palace to restore his life, and told Emperor Hongwu about the cry of the Liu family.

"Hu Weiyong's attitude was arrogant when he visited the patient, and he made sarcastic and sincere words......"

"Chengyi Bo's condition worsened after taking the medicine, and the Liu family found that most of the medicinal materials given by the emperor had been dropped, and the hundred-year-old ginseng had become a reed beard ......"

Emperor Hongwu was furious: "Is this really the case? ”

Zhu Biao nodded, "It's true, what Erchen saw with his own eyes, Ganoderma lucidum has been bitten by insects, and it is full of holes, it is definitely not the medicinal materials given by his father at the beginning, and the Liu family does not dare to bully the king." And Liu Ji had a last word before he died, saying some suggestions for the political state, but in the end he sighed and said, 'I wanted to write a testament to the emperor, but as long as Hu Weiyong is still there, the emperor will not see the testament I wrote, maybe because of this testament and the family, simply don't write it, if one day the emperor summons you, you will tell the emperor what I said.' ’‘”

Emperor Hongwu's eyes were cold, Zhu Biao looked at his father, faintly afraid, when his father decided to kill Xie and re-prosper, this was his expression.

Zhu Biao lowered his head, not daring to look at his father's face, let alone say anything, only to be silent.

Hu Weiyong didn't know that the crisis was coming, but Li Shanchang, his in-law and old boss, heard the news that Liu Ji died of a violent illness immediately after Hu Weiyong's visit, his heart tightened, and he had a bad premonition, and warned Hu Weiyong: "Recently, the emperor may be looking for trouble for you, you should be more restrained and control your family and subordinates." ”

Hu Weiyong didn't care, "The Liu family made false accusations behind his back, saying that I insulted Liu Ji, and also changed the medicinal materials given by the emperor, it is really nonsense, I am a dignified prime minister, what is there at home?" Do you need to swallow those ginseng and reishi mushrooms? ”

Hu Weiyong is the successor cultivated by Li Shanchang himself, and he doesn't believe that Hu Weiyong is the kind of shallow eyelid, but ......

Li Shanchang advised: "These words have spread all over the government and the opposition, and even the people in the market know about them, how can they be groundless? You have to be careful. ”

Hu Weiyong explained: "I was ordered to visit Liu Ji in Qingtian, I am the prime minister, he is an old minister who has returned to his hometown, I spoke politely to him, shh As for the exchange of the things given by the emperor for private appropriation, it is even more illusory. Liu Ji's eldest son, Liu Lian, accidentally fell into a well and died while arguing with my subordinates, and the Liu family always felt that I was shielding my subordinates and had always been jealous and resentful, so they dropped their bags and framed me. ”

When Li Shanchang heard the sentence "He is an old minister who has returned to his hometown", his tone was derogatory and ridiculous, and he was unhappy: because Li Shanchang also returned to his hometown, he lived in Fengyang for eight years, and he had just returned to the court, and if he wanted to achieve something, he was poured a basin of cold water on the students he cultivated himself!

knew that Hu Weiyong was targeting Liu Ji, but Li Shanchang felt that Hu Weiyong had been in a high position for a long time, and he was used to it, and he no longer respected his teacher as before. Otherwise, with the experience of a prime minister, how could he say such a slip of the tongue?

must be afraid that I, the former prime minister, will return to the court, and I am suspicious and contemptuous!

Li Shanchang, like Liu Ji, is an old fox who has cultivated for thousands of years, and he has been repeatedly provoked by Hu Weiyong, but he does not show it on his face, after all, when he burns his eyebrows, he is most taboo about internal fighting, and he must be consistent with the outside world.

Li Shanchang endured his anger and said: "Liu Ji has been my opponent for many years, he is scheming, and he has the reputation of Zhang Liang, he should not come up with this kind of trick to exchange the things given by the emperor, we must guard against it carefully, he must have a back-up move." ”

Hu Weiyong felt that the old boss was making a big fuss, "Liu Ji is dead, and the coffin is out of the funeral, why should we be afraid of a dead person?" ”

Li Shanchang let out a long sigh, "The dead are more terrible than the living, because the dead will not make mistakes again, and most of what people think about is his benefits." You were rude to Liu Ji, and the matter of exchanging the things given by the emperor spread to the market so quickly, and everyone knew about it, was it just the Liu family? ”

Hu Weiyong said: "Those rumors circulating in the market are too absurd, and the emperor will not believe them." ”

Li Shanchang shook his head, "That's the beauty of Liu Ji." People in the market just like to spread this kind of specious rumors, such as the tanuki changing the prince, how can this kind of thing happen in the palace? But the common people are willing to believe, and word of mouth spreads, and no one will inquire about the truth. Now that you are treating Liu Ji harshly and exchanging the things given by the emperor, the storyteller has compiled a book and circulated in the teahouse restaurant, and someone must be behind it, I am worried about the resurgence of the Zhedong Party. ”

Hu Weiyong said: "The party in eastern Zhejiang has disappeared, as long as I am still in the position of prime minister, they will not want to make a comeback." ”

The implication is that Li Shanchang is blaming his hand for stretching out too long, and now the leader of the Huaixi Party is me Hu Weiyong, so you don't have to worry about it, teacher.

Li Shanchang was disheartened when he heard this, Hu Weiyong was arrogant and hopeless. When he was first elected as prime minister, he was still humble and polite, trembling, and eight years have passed, and things are wrong.

Next, there were two miraculous incidents in the Hu family, and Hu Weiyong was in the limelight again.

The first one is that a fountain suddenly appeared in the garden pool of Hu Weiyong's house, and a stalagmite grew!

Auspicious rain from the sky, Hu Weiyong feasted guests by the pool, most of the people who came were Huaixi Party, splashed ink to compose poems, sang praises of virtue, praised Hu Weiyong's merits and attracted auspiciousness.

These poems quickly reached the market...... There is also Emperor Hongwu's imperial case. Emperor Hongwu looked at the signatures of high-ranking officials on the poems, and his eyes were cold.

The second one is even more rumbling in the capital, and it is rumored that the ancestral tomb of Hu Weiyong's family suddenly emitted bursts of red light in the middle of the night! The night sky was lit up until dawn. The grave keeper and the nearby villagers saw with their own eyes, the Hu family rushed to the capital to report the good news, and the next day someone in the teahouse in the market swore that the ancestral tomb of Hu Weiyong's family was emitting a red light, and saw a golden dragon flying out of the red light......

Hearing this rumor, in the teahouse, Li Shanchang quietly listened to the discussion of the tea guests, and went home without saying a word, and the next day, Li Shanchang fell ill and wrote a notebook to resign, saying that he was old and could not continue to serve the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hongwu sent the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Li Shanchang, Li Shanchang's forehead was hot, and his body was cold, and the imperial doctor returned to the emperor, saying that he had typhoid fever and was seriously ill, not pretending to be sick.

The suspicious Emperor Hongwu approved Li Shanchang's resignation and gave him a generous gift.

Li Shanchang was wearing a single coat last night, blowing in the autumn wind with an old body for half the night, no wonder he had typhoid fever!

The old wife who has been connected for many years did not realize her husband's plans, and she felt sorry for Li Shanchang, "Alas, it was easy to return to the capital from the countryside of Fengyang, and before this official position was hot, she had a serious illness." ”

Li Shanchang said secretly: If you don't get sick, you will be dragged to the gallows by Hu Weiyong.

Every time he took the medicine, Li Shanchang only took one sip, and the rest of the medicine was secretly splashed on the pond, so his illness never improved.

Yanwang Mansion.

Zhu Di slammed his fists on the bookcase, "Li Shanchang is too cunning, he has already smelled something wrong and broke free from our net." ”

Ma Sanbao said: "His Royal Highness laid out the stalagmites of Hu Weiyong's fountain, as well as the miracle of the ancestral tomb emitting red light, it is impossible for him to turn over, get rid of Hu Weiyong, eradicate the Huaixi Party, Li Shanchang is just a toothless tiger, and there is nothing to be afraid of in the future." ”

What miracles are there, they are all man-made. Zhu Di ordered someone to open up the underground dark spring of Hu Weiyong's garden, the stalagmites had long been buried deep in the silt, and they spewed out along the spring, and the ancestral tomb emitted a red light in the middle of the night, which was a special firework......

Zhu Di took a deep breath and said: "The time is ripe, you and the Liu family say that you can fight back, success or failure in one fell swoop." ”

In the thirteenth year of Emperor Hongwu, at the end of the year, Hu Dalang, the son of Hu Weiyong, was suddenly overtaken by an ordinary carriage behind, and there was a fierce collision and scratching when the two cars were parallel.

Hu Dalang was furious, in the border of the capital, there were actually people who overtook his carriage! I can't bear it!

So everyone in the downtown saw Hu Dalang ordering the coachman to smoke the horses wildly and chase the carriage in front, and the roadside stall owners and people avoided one after another, and occasionally they were hit by Hu Dalang's car and overturned the stall, and the goods were scattered all over the place, so they could only consider themselves unlucky.

The carriage in front turned into a secluded alley, which seemed to slow down, Hu Dalang's victory was in sight, and he ordered the coachman to continue to chase, unaware that someone jumped from the roof of the roadside to the carriage, and the assassin was agile, turning from the window to the carriage, as if he had practiced thousands of times, and his legs clamped Hu Dalang's neck and twisted slightly.

With a muffled click, Hu Dalang's neck was broken and he died silently, and the driver who was driving the car in front didn't notice that the little master had died.

The assassin probed Hu Dalang's snort and whispered, "Avenge the sincerity of the uncle, one life for one life." If he dies his son, pay with your son's life. ”

The Assassin threw Hu Dalang's body into the carriage, creating the illusion that the car had accidentally crashed and broken his neck bone while racing.

Hu Weiyong lost his son in old age, and in grief, he sealed the coachman's throat with a sword, claiming that the coachman committed suicide in fear of crime. But for some reason, the widow of the coachman, who was supposed to return to her hometown with the pension money, suddenly went to the yamen of the criminal department to beat the drum and voice her grievances, saying that her husband was killed by Prime Minister Hu Weiyong. 166 Reading Network